Oiling apparatus



1). H. HILL. OILING APPARATUS.

(No Model.)

' Patented Aug. 30, 1887.

I WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

It PETERS Phowmhu mr. Washington 01:.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. HILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

OI-LING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,180, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed April 28, 1887. Serial No. 236,440.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, DAVID H. HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of. Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Inr provement in Oiling or Lubricating Apparatus, which improvement is fully set forth in p the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an oiling or lubricating apparatus having a supply-cock, which is automatically opened by the action of the machine to which the apparatus is applied.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of an oiling or lubricating apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents aside elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a front View of a detached portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a tank or can, which contains the oil or lubricant, the same being properly supported adjacent to a machine or an apparatus to be oiled.

B represents the discharge-cock of said can, the same having an arm, 0, which is so located as to be struck'by a cam-shaped or bent arm, D, the latter being secured to a ratchet, E, whose axis is secured to a support, F, at tached tothe can. Pivoted to said support is a lever, G, which carries a pawl, H, which engages with the teeth of said ratchet E, said lever being so located as to be struck by a movable member of the machine or apparatus to be oiled.

J represents a returning-spring connected with the arm 0 of the cock B, and K represents a returning-spring connected with the lever G.

L represents a check or stop pawl, which prevents reverse rotation of the ratchet E.

Connected with the shell of the cock B by means of gas-pipe joints or swivels are horizontally-arranged pipes M M, so as to be raised or lowered without closing communi- (No model.)

cation between said pipes and shell, as will be seen in the sectional portion of Fig. 1. The front parts of the pipes are sustained on slotted pieces N, which are secured to a crosspiece, F, on the support F by means of screws or bolts N, whereby the pipes may be vertically adjusted. It is evident that a single pipe, M, may be employed in lieu of the two pipes M shown.

Each pipe has a nozzle, P, whose discharge end is located above or adjacent to the part of the machine or apparatus to be oiled.

The operation is as follows: The device is so located that the lever G may be struck by ery or'apparatus. This causes the pawl H to rotate the ratchet E the distance of one tooth,. and as the arm D is carried around by said ratchet, each revolution it is forced against the arm 0 of the cock B, thus gradually opening the latter, whereby the oil flows into the pipes M, and is thus discharged at the nozzles 1?. When the arm D clears the arm 0, the spring J causes the cock to close, thus shutting off the supply of oil to the pipes M.

Should it be desired to open the cock more than once to each revolution of the ratchet E, a number of arms such as D-may be secured to the ratchet.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An automatic oiling or lubricating device consisting of a vessel with a dischargecock having an operating-arm attached thereto, a lever adapted to be operated by the machinery to be oiled, a pawl connected to said lever, a ratchet provided with an arm adapted to actuate the operating-arm of the cock, and an adjustable pipe leading from said cock, substantially as described.

2. A can provided with a discharge-cock, an arm adapted to operate said cook, a ratchet carrying said arm, a pawl engaging with said ratchet, and a lever carrying said pawl, said parts being combined, substantially as described, the lever being adapted to be oper- 4. The pipes M, in combination with the 10 ated by the action of the machinery to be slotted sustainer N, the adjusting-screw N, oiled, whereby the cock is opened, as stated. and the support F, substantially as described.

In an oiling apparatus, substantially as l 5 described, the combination, with the supply- I DAVID HILL can, of the discharge-pipes M, jointed to the I \Vitnesses: cock B of said can, and means whereby they 7 J OIIN A. WIEDERSHEIM, may be raised and lowered and vertically ad- A. I. JENNINGS. justed, substantially as described. 

